diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 28e0ac94b347..5f6db9473634 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional cudaSupport cudaPackages.cudatoolkit
     ++ lib.optional colladaSupport opencollada
     ++ lib.optional spaceNavSupport libspnav;
-  pythonPath = with python310Packages; [ numpy requests ];
+  pythonPath = with python310Packages; [ numpy requests zstandard ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     # allow usage of dynamically linked embree